COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL ANIMATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAZ 1006 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL ANIMATION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Cartoon Film and Animation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN ERGIN

Offered to

Animation Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation

Course Objective

This course aims to help students understand basic concepts and terminology relevant to digital animation, and to help students gain proficiency and familiarity in digital animation techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the basics of digital animation techniques.
2   To gain proficiency in digital animation techniques.
3   To have an understanding of the production methods of digital animation techniques.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and terminology related to 2D digital animation
2 FK (forward kinematic) and IK (inverse kinematic) rigs
3 Use cases for FK, designing a character for FK rigs
4 Use cases for IK, designing a character for IK rigs; mesh deformation
5 Creating a character rig and controls, constraints
6 Pose-to-pose and straight-ahead animation, use cases
7 Lip-sync
8 "2.5D" and virtual cameras
9 Virtuals lights, material properties
10 Designing and animating in 2.5D
11 Basic concepts and terminology related to 3D digital animation
12 Creating 3D objects, setting up rigid body dynamics
13 Lights and camera in 3D
14 Composition and rendering in 3D

Recomended or Required Reading

Dijital Video ile Sinema (Ilker Canikligil, 2015, Alfa Yayınları) (Turkish)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures cover digital animation terminology and concepts; students, then, are assigned in-class exercises to gain familiarity with these concepts.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Homework assignments make up 50% of the final course grade; a final project makes up the other 50%.

Assessment Criteria

For homework and classwork assignments, students are expected to complete the exercises assigned to them. For the final, students are expected to develop and produce a project on their own.
Homeworks and classworks are graded based on students' proficiency, while final projects are graded based on their level of creativity and level of difficulty, as well as students' level of proficiency.
Late assignments are not accepted.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students must attend at least 70% of the lectures. Late assignments are not accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.ergin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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